social.noyu.me

americans claim to love freedom from the government and yet their greatest state is called Taxes

i look up fancy wood veneers for guitars -> i notice a mention that a “CITES certificate” is required for export from EU -> i find out a lot of kinds of wood are semi-illegal to trade because they're overexploited -> i find out the bans make it worse(!) https://theconversation.com/restricting-trade-in-endangered-species-can-backfire-triggering-market-booms-124869

oh yeah so this guitar is like 6000 SEK so surely in USD it was—

(current exchange rate flashes up on screen, it's like $550)

excuse me what. what. it's not meant to be that close to 10:1. the swedish krona is strong against USD and EUR again huh. i'll enjoy it while it lasts

high gain high e string vomit (i really need to learn how to play this thing at some point)

rhythm is the lubricant that makes playing an instrument methodically possible huh

guy who buys a jazzmaster and a jazz chorus to master jazz

i am haunted by trash i am surrounded by objects that both are literal trash and that notionally have some value but i refuse to acknowledge i do not need

me: hmm i'm thinking about how to clean the frets still. i want to use something very gentle but still abrasive enough to actually do something
gf: ah, so that's why you bought the nanoha

oops i forgot how pretty guitars are irl again i'm gonna spend too long staring at all these again

starting to think sweden is overrepresented in the music industry and wondering why the hell that would be